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Foliage follow-up footage!

I do have some fun foliage in the garden right now. Thanks to Pam, at Digging, who has invited us to share our foliage fotos on the day after bloom day. This season, it helps make up for the lack of blooms in the winter garden. Above is some thriving lettuce that I will soon be picking in the vegetable garden.
The brilliant red and bronze leaves of my strawberry plants is almost as pretty as the little white blooms that precede the delicious fruit.
When these leaves unfurl, I hopt o have a nice little cabbage to cook — stuffed cabbage leaves anyone?
This delicate little foliage is from the mass of passalong Larkspur shared with me last year by MSS of Zanthan Gardens that is coming back for performance number two.
These delicate little leaves belong to my Katy Road Rose, who is ready to shed her winter wear and put on her Spring finery.

A few little buds here and there, and lots of little leaves sprouting…spring will be here before we know it!

By Diana C. Kirby|2017-11-29T23:27:34-06:00February 16th, 2010|Blog, cabbage, FF, Katy Road rose, larkspur, lettuce, Sharing Nature's Garden, strawberries|0 Comments

Signs of Fall in a Southern garden…

There are some traditional signs of Fall in the hot, southern garden. The Yaupon Hollies bring forth their beautiful red berries…
The mums begin to bloom…
The colors begin to turn on a few trees, like this Crape Myrtle…
And, my Moy Grande Hibisucus continues to bloom!
As does the Mexican Flame Vine.
And I picked a beautiful, juicy strawberry! October 28 — seriously!

By Diana C. Kirby|2016-04-14T02:42:38-05:00November 2nd, 2009|Blog, fall, hibiscus, mums, Sharing Nature's Garden, strawberries, yaupon holly|0 Comments

Yummmmmmm~

Don’t these look yummy?

They were!

I went out to work in the garden today (it was 80 degrees), and stumbled upon a handful of these ripe, red, shiny, glorious strawberries. I left them there until Kallie came home, so she could come to the garden and be surprised. And then we ate them for our dessert tonight. I can’t even begin to describe how sweet and juicy they were. NOTHING like a grocery store strawberry. Even Kallie said so. Too bad we never have more than one little handful at a time!

But there are more coming, soon!

Sadly, one of my chores today was to cover the new daylilies in the SAFE back yard. It is safe from deer, but not safe from bunnies or dogs. sigh.

This fencing goes around the yard on 3 sides. But the back of the yard is wrought iron with wide posts – wide enough for an entire family of bunnies to come crashing through. Which I am assuming they did as they ate the lilies down to the nubs.

Here’s Mr. Burpee Big Boy tomato – growing like a …. oops, tomato!

See Mr. Radish, who popped his head up yesterday to see the sunshine?

See the lovely HOLE that Dakota dug in the back yard? I think she wanted me to plant something there and thought she’d be helpful.
Helpful, scattering little clods of clay dirt all over my rock and granite path, so that I could sweep and hand pick clods out of the granite.

So helpful!

By Diana C. Kirby|2016-04-14T02:44:41-05:00January 22nd, 2009|Blog, bunnies, holes, lilies, seeds, Sharing Nature's Garden, strawberries, tomatoes|0 Comments

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Foliage follow-up footage!

Signs of Fall in a Southern garden…

Yummmmmmm~

Escape in the garden